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Membership.GetUser Method (Object, Boolean)

Gets the information from the data source for the membership user associated with the specified unique identifier. Updates the last-activity date/time stamp for the user, if specified.

Namespace:  System.Web.Security
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

public static MembershipUser GetUser(
	Object providerUserKey,
	bool userIsOnline
)

Parameters

providerUserKey
Type: System.Object

The unique user identifier from the membership data source for the user.

userIsOnline
Type: System.Boolean

If true, updates the last-activity date/time stamp for the specified user.

Return Value

Type: System.Web.Security.MembershipUser
A MembershipUser object representing the user associated with the specified unique identifier.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

providerUserKey is null.

The GetUser method retrieves the user information from the data source and creates a MembershipUser object populated with the returned data. The user is identified with the unique identifier from the data source specified in the providerUserKey parameter.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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